REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

UNIT 1

1. How to Write a PhD Thesis. The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. https://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~jw/thesis.html#clear
2. How To Write a Thesis Statement. Indiana University, Bloomington. https://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml
3. Levine, S. Joseph. Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation. https://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/

4. Qm:insight. Queen Mary's Guide to Higher Education. https://www.qmul.ac.uk/qminsight/askjames/articles/18716.html

5. The Daily Telegraph, May, 2014,

6. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationopinion/10862929/No-books-no-lectures-no-education.html

1. The Globe and Mail, October 25, 2011. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/will-an-undergrad-degree-really-help-you-get-a-better-job/article601007/?page=all
2. Lingforum.com. https://www.lingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4513&view=previous&sid=5c08e542d118d5405eaff4bd84f01222

 

UNIT 2

1. Academic Skills: Learning Skills: Critical Thinking. University of Canberra. https://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/learning/critical
2. Buchanan, Elizabeth A., Zimmer, Michael, "Internet Research Ethics", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Fall 2013 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2013/entries/ethics-internet-research/
3. Resnik, David B. What is Ethics in Research & Why is it Important? https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/resources/bioethics/whatis/
4. What is Research? Wikivercity, https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Sport_research/What_is_research#Approaching_research
5. Jobs.ac.uk, August 2008, https://www.jobs.ac.uk/careers-advice/working-in-higher-education/1203/5-skills-you-need-to-become-a-researcher
6. The Chronicle of Higher Education, May, 2014. https://chronicle.com/article/Academic-IntegrityStud/32323/

7. Step up to Masters. School of Earth and Environment. The University of Leeds. https://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/stepup/skillsarea1.html

 

UNIT 3

1. Biological Clocks and Circadian Rhythms. Online Clock.net. https://blog.onlineclock.net/biological-clocks-circadian-rhythms/
2. Hall's cultural factors. Changing Minds.org.
3. https://changingminds.org/explanations/culture/hall_culture.htm
4. Study and Time Management. Academic Skills Centre University of Canberra 2011.
5. https://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/course/view.php?id=2101
6. Time Management Advisor. Management Skills Resource Center. https://www.managementskillsadvisor.com/definition-of-time-management.html
7. Ward, Susan. Time Management. Small Business: Canada. https://sbinfocanada.about.com/od/timemanagement/g/timemanagement.htm
8. USNews, October 5, 2011. https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-experience/2011/10/05/learn-to-manage-your-time-in-college

9. Sunday Telegraph, September 29, 1996.

 

10. Library Worklife, May 2012.https://ala-apa.org/newsletter/2012/05/07/surviving-a-masters-degree-mastering-the-school-life-work-balance/

 

UNIT 4

1. Knowledge management, https://www.unc.edu/~sunnyliu/inls258/Introduction_to_Knowledge_Management.html
2. Participating in Tutorials. Academic Skills Centre. University of Canberra 2011. https://learnonline.canberra.edu.au/mod/book/view.php?id=180718&chapterid=347

3. Journal of Knowledge Management Practice, May 2004, https://www.tlainc.com/articl66.htm

4. The Guardian, September 10, 2012. https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2012/sep/10/technology-schools-breaking-down-barriers

1. The Guardian, February 7, 2011.https://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2011/feb/07/knowledge-growing-social-enterprise

6. Co-Lingua, https://praxiweb.fr/content/what-knowledge-management-knowledge-management-explained

 

UNIT 5

1. Giving an oral presentation. University of Canberra, Australia. https://www.canberra.edu.au/studyskills/learning/oral
2. Levine, S. Joseph. Writing and Presenting Your Thesis or Dissertation. https://www.learnerassociates.net/dissthes/
3. Chemical Engineering Education, 39 (1), 28-29 (Winter 2005). https://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Columns/PowerPoint.pdf
4. TSE Tools. https://www.tseconsulting.com/tsetools/view_tools.php?id=345
5. The Guardian, February 18, 2011. https://careers.theguardian.com/careers-blog/how-to-trick-your-mind-into-presentation-success

6. International Journal of Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, Vol.1 No.1, https://www.itdl.org/journal/Jan_04/article06.htm

7. Портал КАК СДЕЛАТЬ ПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЮ. https://presportal.ru/power-point/5-pravil-sozdaniya-effektivnoj-prezentacii-powerpoint/

 

UNIT 6

1. Bailenson, J.N., Yee, N. Psychology in Communication Processes // The International Encyclopedia of Communication. - Vol. IX. - ed. By Donsbach W. - Precision Journalism - Rhetoric in Western Europe: Britain. - P. 3931-3937, https://www.stanford.edu/~bailenso/papers/icae-psychology.pdf
2. The Guardian, February 18, 2011. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/feb/18/bilingual-alzheimers-brain-power-multitasking
3. The Guardian, February 14, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/feb/14/talking-to-babies-brain-power-language
4. The Guardian, March 19, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/mar/19/language-learning-motivation-brain-teaching
5. Psychology Today, January 19, 2014. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/communication-success/201401/8-keys-dealing-problem-people-0

 

UNIT 7

1. Davidson, Jeff Being Constantly Interrupted: Who Needs It?https://www.humanresourcesiq.com/business-strategies/articles/being-constantly-interrupted-who-needs-it/
2. Davidson, Jeff Email Communication Strategies for Greater Harmony. https://www.humanresourcesiq.com/business-strategies/articles/email-communication-strategies-for-greater-harmony/
3. Davidson, Jeff What is Work-life Balance? https://work-lifebalance.com/what-is-work-life-balance/
4. Heathfield, Susan M. Work-Life Balance.

https://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryw/g/balance.htm

1. Work and Life Balance. INTERNATIONAL SURVEY BY ARBORA-Global Career Partners. Pharma Consult Services, May 23, 2001. https://www.work-and-life-balance.com/
2. Work–life balance. Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%E2%80%93life_balance
3. OECD Better Life Index, https://www.oecdbetterlifeindex.org/topics/work-life-balance/
4. The Guardian, January 10, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2014/jan/10/ten-minutes-to-work-life-balance
5. The Guardian, April, 30, 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/money/work-blog/2014/apr/30/what-happened-to-remote-working

10. College of Biological Sciences. University of Minnesota.https://www.cbs.umn.edu/learn/graduate-students/health-well-being/graduate-student-work-life-balance

11. Balance in me. https://balanceinme.com/worklife-balance/achieving-lifework-balance-while-attending-graduate-school/

 

UNIT 8

1. BusinessDictionary.com. https://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/leadership.html
2. Kossoff, Leslie L. From Manager to Leader,

https://management.about.com/od/leadership/a/FromMgr2Ldr05.htm

1. Leadership. Management and Leadership. https://management.about.com/od/leadership/
2. McNamara, Carter. All About Leadership. Free Management Library. https://managementhelp.org/leadership/
3. Oxford Dictionaries. Language Matters.

https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/

1. Reh, F. John. What is a leader.

https://management.about.com/od/leadership/a/whatisaleader.htm

1. Reh, F. John. Why Should Anyone Work For You?

https://management.about.com/od/leadership/a/Why-Should-Anyone-Work-For-You.htm

1. Women in Leadership, The Guardian, September 5, 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/poll/2013/sep/05/poll-encouraging-girls-study-technology
2. Inc., https://www.inc.com/peter-economy/7-traits-highly-effective-leaders.html
3. Forbes, December 15, 2013.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/meghanbiro/2013/12/15/leadership-is-about-emotion/

11. Big Dog and Little Dog’s Performance Juxtaposition, https://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/leader/leadstl.html

12. Newtomorrow.ru. https://newtomorrow.ru/lider/stili_liderstva.php

13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_clro5RXqM

 

 

UNIT 9

1. All About Team Building. Free Management Library. https://managementhelp.org/groups/team-building.htm
2. Group Dynamics - Working in Self-Managed Teams. https://managementhelp.org/blogs/team-performance/2011/07/15/group-dynamics-%E2%80%93-working-in-self-managed-teams/
3. Free Communication Focused Team Building Activities. The Team Building Directory.
4. https://www.innovativeteambuilding.co.uk/free-communication-team-games.htm
5. McNamara, Carter. How Constructive Conflict Can Supercharge Teams. https://managementhelp.org/blogs/team-performance/2013/04/30/how-constructive-conflict-can-supercharge-teams/
6. Team Briefing Checklist. https://www.free-management-ebooks.com/dldchk/dlchld-brief.htm
7. Team Builders Plus. https://teambuildersplus.com/articles/hey-listen-up
8. Team Builders Plus. https://teambuildersplus.com/articles/feedback-is-the-perfect-gift
9. Team Builders Plus. https://teambuildersplus.com/articles/the-spiral-meeting

10. UCSF. University of California. San Francisco.

https://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/index.php/pubs/hrguidearticle/chapter-14-team-building/

11. About.com. Job Searching. https://jobsearch.about.com/od/topinterviewanswers/qt/teamwork-interview-questions.htm

 

UNIT 10

1. Five Phases of Professional Development. https://www.teachingskills.org/en/five-phases-professional-development/
2. Hamman, D. & Romano, J. E. The Desired Cooperator: Preservice Preferences and Role Confusion During the Teaching Practicum Current Issues in Education, 11 (4), May, 2009. https://cie.ed.asu.edu/volume11/number4/
3. Oxford Dictionaries. Language Matters. https://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/teach?q=teach

4. The Guardian, June 6, 2014, https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2014/jun/06/teachers-student-progress-salaries

5. EHow. https://www.ehow.com/info_8554417_talents-skills-needed-teacher-educator.html

6. TeAchnology. https://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/teaching/teachingskills.html

7. Effective NLP Teaching Skills For the Classroom-Video-v2.avi, by Rachael Mah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wDdScTrY8Q

8. How to Study Biology: 5 Study Techniques to Master Biology, by Patrick, January 17, 2014. https://www.examtime.com/blog/author/patrick/

 

UNIT 11

1. Birch, R.G. ‘Englishness’ has it gone? An Englishman’s thoughts on 'Englishness'. https://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewArticle.asp?id=18716
2. Meyer, E. One Reason Cross-Cultural Small Talk Is So Tricky. https://blogs.hbr.org/2014/05/one-reason-cross-cultural-small-talk-is-so-tricky/
3. Tomalin, B. Culture - the fifth language skill. Teaching English. BBC Council. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/culture-fifth-language-skill
4. Tomalin, B. Making culture happen in the English language classroom. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/making-culture-happen-english-language-classroom
5. Rodriguez, G. 'I assert my Americanness proudly... even defiantly'. Special to CNN. https://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/04/28/rodriguez.who.am.i/index.html

6. Mind Tools. https://www.mindtools.com/CommSkll/Cross-Cultural-communication.htm

1. InterNations. https://www.internations.org/magazine/cultural-awareness-15426
2. Business News Daily, March 6, 2013. https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/4066-cultural-skills-set-job-applicants-apart.html
3. BBC World Service, September 29, 2008. https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/culture-fifth-language-skill

10. BBC World Service, October 8, 2008.https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/making-culture-happen-english-language-classroom

 

UNIT 12

1. Erikson's psychosocial development theory. https://www.businessballs.com/erik_erikson_psychosocial_theory.htm
2. Life balance, happiness and life change. Ideas for happiness and life change - tips and tools for work-life balance. https://www.businessballs.com/life_balance.htm

3. WikiHow to do anything. https://www.wikihow.com/Change-Your-Life

4. Dellar H., Walkley A. Innovations. Advanced Course in Natural English, Thomson ELT, 2007.

5. Psychology Today, November 22, 2013. https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/science-and-sensibility/201311/three-important-lessons-making-critical-life-changes

6. Путь к финансовой свободе. https://freedomway.ru/samorazvitie/ostrozhno-vyxod-iz-zony-komforta

 

ANSWER KEY

UNIT 1

PRACTISING SKILLS

Text 1 (B2)

1. B

2. E

3. A

4. C

5. F

6. D

7. I

8. G

9. J

 

Text 2 (C1)

1. to live

2. springs

3. skimming

4. are plugged

5. has revealed

6. turning up

7. is being missed

8. being thrown in

9. to ask

10. is studying

11. studying

12. enjoying

13. is missing

EFFECTIVE WRITING

Exercise 1

1 scientific

2 expository

3 persuasive

 

Exercise 2

1 I am going to night school in order to improve my English.

2 Mark changed jobs so as to be nearer to home.

3 I phoned the Student Service to get information on the tuition cost.

4 The teacher gave me some books so that I could better prepare to the exam.

5 You should write an outline of the article in order to show it to your scientific supervisor would see it.